“We are a plague on the Earth, it’s coming home to roost”

‘It’s not just climate change; it’s sheer space, places to grow food for this enormous horde…

Attenborough pointed to the number of television programmes which focus on famine in countries such as Ethiopia, claiming that they illustrate that there are too many people living there to be able to support themselves.

According to Sir David, the situation will only get worse unless ‘humanity manages to sort itself out.’